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On the 19th km of the road Samos-Pythagoreio-Karlovasi, you’ll find the detour that leads to the village of Mavratzaioi and after 4 more km you’ll see it. The distance from Pythagoreio is 10 km. It was initially named Gaitanides from the name of a Shepard named Gaitanos who resided there in the end of the 18th century. Shortly later a person called Mavratzas and his family joined him and the village was named after them along with the small torrent that is located nearby. This village was famous in the earlier days for the production of pottery and along with Karlovasi it was covering all the needs of Samos in such pots. Today there’s only one craftsman that works on the village producing pottery mainly for tourists. On the 8th km from Pythagoreio, on the main road, you’ll find the settlement called “Gionides” that belongs to the village and was named as such because the name of its first inhabitant was “Gionis” . From this settlement there’s an alternative route towards the village of Mavratzaioi. Most of the inhabitants are farmers producing mainly olive oil. On the 1st kn of the detour, you’ll find the monastery of the Holly Cross (Timios Stavros), one of the most beautiful, richer and older on Samos. Its building began at 1592 and it was completed in 1606. The settlemts of Gionides with 35 residents and the monastery of Holly Cross (Timios Stavros) with 2 residents belong to the village of Mavratzaioi.
Its highest
ever-recorded population was recorded in the 1940 census, 637 residents.
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